Browsing electronic messages displayed as tiles

摘要

Electronic messages are displayed as tiles. A tile may include a background related to the electronic message. For example, the background of a tile may be a preview of an attachment to the message. When the message includes an attachment (e.g. document, picture, link . . . ), an overlay is displayed over the background. The overlay includes information relating to the electronic message (i.e. subject, sender, time, message preview . . . ). When the message does not include an attachment then the tile may include all/portion of the content of the electronic message. For example, the tile may include the subject, sender, time stamp, and message content. A user may switch between different browsing experiences (e.g. conversation view, list view, strip view, . . . ). When a tile represents a conversation each sender within the conversation may be displayed on a tile along with a preview of the messages of the conversation (i.e. the most recent message).

主权项

1. A method for displaying electronic messages as tiles, comprising:
accessing an electronic message; determining a background for a tile that includes content obtained from the electronic message, wherein the background for the tile includes a preview of the electronic message; creating the tile using the background; creating an overlay that includes information relating to the electronic message and is displayed on top of the background; displaying the tile on a display along with other tiles that represent other electronic messages; and updating the display in response to a received interaction with at least one of the tiles.